[Ai] Recruitment: Allahabad University: Applications are invited for the 303 posts of Assistant Professor

Page 1 Advt No: UoA/Asst Prof/01/2017 Date: 11/04/2017 Applications are invited for the 303 posts of Assistant Professor (PB-III: Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 6000) in various University Departments/Centres. The University reserves the right to change the number of vacancy(ies) of any

[Ai] Blind woman told she couldn’t join a travel tour without a companion

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/07/24/blind-traveler-tour-company-dispute/R0i3tc1yAfFcF7Yr6c8zML/story.html?event=event25 -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the

Re: [Ai] Need help: please need this paid report from Business Standard: "New mechanism of learning English in government schools "

old-fashioned classrooms are in > for a makeover. > > How K-YAN is changing education as we know it > > A study published by the > National > Institute for Smart Government on the impact of IL’s K-YAN in select West > Bengal schools shows the following results: > > > •

[Ai] Odisha: Anwesha Ambaly reports: "State govt to employ more disabled people"

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 3: The state government is taking steps to increase representations of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in government organisations. https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170804/jsp/odisha/story_165428.jsp Last year, 16 PwDs had qualified in the Odisha Civil Services examination. Free

[Ai] Shivani Naik reports in the IE today:" Khel Ratna Devendra Jhajharia breaks the glass ceiling"

The first step had been the hardest for Devendra Jhajharia — stepping out of the house soon after his forearm needed to be amputated when he got electrocuted as an 8-year-old. On a day when he became India’s first para-athlete to be conferred the Khel Ratna, the 36-year-old recalled the dread he’d

[Ai] AARYAMAN SHAH reports: Mumbai: Visually impaired girls form human pyramid

The 16-year-old girl atop the three-layer human pyramid appears a bit nervous as she takes the coconut, but soon, with all her might, she breaks the Handi. Joy erupts from the girls who formed the pyramid and music and dance ensues. The human pyramid was made up of visually impaired girls.

[Ai] stenographer: End of an era as typewriting tests phased out in India

This skill has churned thousands of blind employees in the government departments. Now they've to adopt to technology. NGOs who teach shorthand and typing classes on type-writer need to start new training courses which are attune to the market requirements.

[Ai] London: Disabled passengers 'forced to wait hours to disembark at Heathrow'

Disabled passengers arriving at Heathrow airport are being forced to wait up to two hours for help in disembarking aircraft, the aviation regulator has said. The west London hub is one of four airports where the Civil Aviation Authority judged the service for wheelchair users and other disabled

[Ai] Disabled denied HPU seat in violation of Act

Tribune News Service Shimla, August 16 Indu is feeling shattered. Having completed her BA from RKMV College, Shimla, she had applied for admission to MA (Pol Sc) in the Himachal Pradesh University. However, she failed to get admission as under the old rules, only one seat out of 40 is reserved

[Ai] Anesha George reports in the Hindustan Times today: Heard of sightseeing by sound? Meet India’s visually challenged travellers

What a realistic report, well researched. This should inspire others to travel more and more. Parants of blind people should also read this report. Share it widely with your family members.

[Ai] AK Sharma reports in the TOI today: Wrong call rings wedding bells for them

•A wrong call did all for two visually impaired couple. •After a brief courtship on social media and over phone, Sonu and Regina, both visually impaired, got married and began the new innings of their life. list end

[Ai] 50 monuments in Gujarat to have Braille signboards

Sun Temple of Modhera, Rani ki Vav in Patan, Diu fort, Dwarka temple and Jama Masjid in Champaner are among 50-odd protected monuments across Gujarat, which will soon be visually-impaired-friendly. This as Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Gujarat circle, is set to install braille signboards

[Ai] Bagesh Jhah reports in Navbharat Times: "Pidita aur Doshi dono Netrheen, aawaz se pahchana doshi ko"

For those, who cannot read Hindi, A blind banker is found to have raped a blind widow in Delhi NCr. The Court will pronounce verdict on 24 July 2017.

[Ai] Deepti Karnade reports in The Hindu: School for deafblind seeks more teachers

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/school-for-deafblind-seeks-more-teachers/article19279315.ece The institution in Mylapore has demonstrated that even a highly challenging disability like deafblindness can be conquered Clickety-clack! Clickety-clack! The corridors that had remained

[Ai] Fwd: My concern: Why posts for blind in Hindi/Political Science are being diverted to OH candidates?

I wish other people also take note. I'd also urge other DU blind faculty to intervene in their respective colleges. If not today then it will be over for youngsters like us. -- Forwarded message -- From: avinash shahi Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:05:44 +0530

[Ai] "That Voice, That Brain, That Glow": ‘Alexa, Where Have You Been All My Life?’

The article is pretty long, I'm just pasting some interesting paragraphs. One can read the entire piece at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/style/alexa-amazon-echo.html Prenatal studies show that sound is one of our first sensual experiences, Dominic Pettman, a professor of culture and media at

[Ai] Anna Bawden writes for the Guardian: Technology can save lives, not just improve them

The Tech4Good awards showcase products from entrepreneurs working to create a brighter digital future, from a Braille e-reader to a cancer-diagnosis ap https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/11/technology-save-lives-improve-them-tech4good With so much coverage about the dark underbelly of

[Ai] PCI does it again: Kanchan Mala, a blind athelete forced to beg in Berlin

Mail today 11 July 2017 •Despite all odds, Kanchanmala and Suyash Jadhav won silver medals and qualified for the World Championships •Nagpur-based Kanchanmala is completely blind and swims in the S11 category •She is the female swimmer from India to qualify for the World Championships •In her own

[Ai] Sundar Singh Gurjar bags India's first gold at World Para Athletics Championships

•In the F46 category, Sundar recorded his personal best effort of 60.36m on the very first night of the tournament •Sundar, a 21-year-old, was disqualified last year at the Rio Paralympics after he turned up late for the event •Sundar then won three gold medals at the Fazza IPC Athletics Grand

[Ai] Delhi high court: Where’s the blind student who missed test?

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked DU to furnish before it the list of candidates who have applied for a MPhil course in which a blind student could not appear due to the fault of Indian Railways...A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also sought

[Ai] Josh Salisbury writes for the Guardian: "As a deaf student, I'm used to being excluded. Universities must do better"

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/14/universities-must-listen-needs-deaf-students-disability What is it like being deaf at university? There’s no universal experience – but institutions need to do more to accommodate us The lecture had been going like any other, until I noticed that

Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman

initely take the fact away that the sex >>> happened with the consent of girl. >>> Promises like these are not documented here in india. >>> Personally, I feel that the laws are sometimes being miss used by >>> females, like it has been in this context. This is unfortunate. &

[Ai] 2017-19: 13 students with disabilities made it to IIM Ahmedabad

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/disability-no-hurdle-in-iim-a-dream-run/articleshow/59729149.cms -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the

[Ai] Nidhi Sharma reports in the ET today: Thawar Chand Gehlot seeks exemption on GST on goods for disabled

Council bringing assistive devices and other exempt goods for the differently abled under the tax net from July 1, social justice and empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot is batting for a last-minute exemption.

[Ai] Daniel Simpson writes in the NY Times: A Girlfriend of My Own

I put the bite of warm baloney sandwich back into the lunch bag with the half-eaten apple, then put the bag back into the southeast corner of my briefcase, the one I needed for carrying my bulky Braille books to and from school. My stomach felt unsettled. A cool, high tone — the progressive

[Ai] Syed Sajjad Ali reports in The Hindu today: Tripura: Agartala blind school principal suspended

Radio Udaan should do a story over the incedent. Move follows student’s death on June 23 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/agartala-blind-school-principal-suspended/article19191763.ece The principal of a government-run blind school here has been suspended, a week after a student

Re: [Ai] Story from Uganda: Blindness does not stop this beekeeper, baker, and kayaker from expanding their vision

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[Ai] Blame on women for haemophilic offsprings leads to disturbed marital life

Reema's cosy world started falling apart from the day when she gave birth to a baby boy with haemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder which prevents the blood from clotting properly. However, the worst was yet to come. Blame on women for haemophilic offsprings leads to disturbed marital life

Re: [Ai] sharing my latest post for the Sexuality and Disability blog-disability, friendships and technology!

Great reflection Payal. You've put it powerfully well on the keyboard. Friendship is certainly a category of inquiry. And it plays a very critical role in traversing the stigma ascribed to disability. For my Phd, I'm trying to analyse and explicate the critical role of friendships in the lives of

[Ai] Using a Barbie doll, 12-year-old deaf and mute girl explains sexual assault on her

INDORE: A 12-year-old deaf and mute rape survivor used a doll to narrate the horror that she had to undergo at the hands of her cousin...Dhar police along with counselors in Indore recorded the statements of the minor deaf and mute survivor using a doll on Tuesday...The incident had left such an

Re: [Ai] Interview

stupid, they sacrifised their future for the > present. But pragmatism and easy going is the key to the present day > disability activists and students engaged in the disability studdy. Even the > harsh reaction from any of you is highly appreciable--it will give me > strength.

[Ai] Manash Pratim Gohain reports in the TOI today: Train door shut, disabled misses MPhil test at DU

Train door shut, disabled misses MPhil test at DU http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Train-door-shut-disabled-misses-MPhil-test-at-DU/articleshow/59480898.cms?from=mdr NEW DELHI: Perhaps it was the cussedness of the passengers on the train he was to have travelled on or of the

[Ai] Prakash Javadekar in University Convocation at Lucknow: The government will soon establish Central University for disabled students in India

लखनऊ (जागरण संवाददाता)। देश में दिव्यांगों की शिक्षा के लिए एक विशेष केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय बनाया जाएगा। यह विचार केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने व्यक्त किया। वह सोमवार को डॉ. शकुंतला मिश्रा राष्ट्रीय पुनर्वास विश्वविद्यालय के तीसरे दीक्षांत समारोह में उपस्थित विद्यार्थियों,

[Ai] In this three-part series, IndiaSpend examines what living with disability in India means, particularly with regard to access to education and employment, 22 years after the Persons with Disabili

The first part of this series looks at education: Whether the current system allows equal access for children with special needs to various education-related programmes. In the second part, we will look at the “inclusive education model” through the lens of one differently-abled boy’s life. The

[Ai] Yogi Adityanath: disability pension will now be raised to Rs 500 in Uttar Pradesh

http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/deoria-cm-adityanath-yogi-says-now-thana-and-tehsil-diwas-will-be-more-effective-15945566.html?src=Search-ART-disability -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU ___ Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or

[Ai] Economic Times Commentary: "To be poor is unhealthy"

By: Veena S Kulkarni, Vani S Kulkarni & Raghav Gaiha Ina surprising omission, the recent National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 sidetracks the ageing of the Indian population and the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and

[Ai] Synthia Anand reports: Aranging 1000 scribes for the Blind: A blessing to visually impaired students

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-blessing-to-visually-impaired-students/article19392711.ece -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and

Re: [Ai] Synthia Anand reports: Aranging 1000 scribes for the Blind: A blessing to visually impaired students

personal independence. This will definitely add to > the employability skill of the blind students. Think about this. > > -Original Message- > From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > avinash shahi via Ai > Sent: 31 July 2017 10:26

[Ai] Himachal Pradesh: Visually impaired Kullu girl in Sa Re Ga Ma Little Champs

Kullu: Visually impaired Payal of the Chander Abha Blind School at Kullu will perform in the TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma Little Champs. Payal could not make it to the list of top 80 contestants during the auditions, but she was later invited to Mumbai after an overall review. Payal has once again got an

[Ai] Aditi Gyanesh reports in the Times of India today: "Bengaluru's first school for the deaf turns 50 "

BENGALURU: P R Kumar and S R Chitra were among the 23 alumni of Sheila Kothavala Institute for Deaf (SKID), who were on their toes to make the 50th anniversary of their alma mater a memorable occasion for its students on Sunday...For Kumar and Chitra, it was their way of giving back to their

[Ai] Report to ponder: How touch pad tablets denying privacy to blind people in Australia: Commonwealth Bank's new Eftpos system makes blind people reveal pin

We Indians need to be on guard before such inaccessible touch pad tablet reaches at all shops in malls/retail outlets. In the garb of digital India, we will also be confronting this menace. Lets pull up our socks and get in touch with the relevant authorities to get accessibility of EFTPOs

Re: [Ai] Question about dealing with parents having a regressive view about the capabilities of the disabled

dness. > > Balanced way is to take help, wherever necessary. > Necessity may differ with background, specific situation and monetary > capacity. > > > -Original Message- > From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > avinash shahi

Re: [Ai] Question about dealing with parents having a regressive view about the capabilities of the disabled

gt; > On 8/7/17, avinash shahi via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: >> Without offending anyone, I believe that poverty is a great enabler if >> one is totally blind. My friends who travel by bus/metro/train are >> more assertive/independent while negotiating

[Ai] Now Rs 3000 per month: Central govt doubles child care allowance for women with disabilities.

http://www.jagran.com/news/national-govt-doubles-child-care-allowance-for-women-with-disabilities-16566268.html?src=Search-ART-disability -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of

[Ai] Delhi HC observed: ’Differently-abled don’t have substantive equality’

Can we get to know more about this observance? The Hindu has not covered it in detail. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/differently-abled-dont-have-substantive-equality/article19542884.ece Despite constitutional guarantee of equality before law, the harsh reality is

[Ai] Blind Professor has assumed charge as the head of the law department in Allahabad University

As per the Jagran report, Prof Sidhnath Sonkar who's totally blind has begun discharging his duty as the head of the law department at Allahabad University. He did his LLB and LLM in early 1980s. He's an expert in corporate/company laws and currently supervising more than 7 doctoral candidates.

[Ai] Ray Bareli: 'bhukhe pyase divyang, samasya jass ki tass'

Disabled people are sitting on hunger strike since early August, their demands are yet to be heard by the district administration. Insofar, Three strikies have been admitted in the hospital.

[Ai] Shaju Philip reports: More than religion, society needs humanism: Muslim woman who married paralysed Dalit under fire from kin, community

He is a Hindu Dalit, paralysed below the waist and wheelchair-bound for 10 years. She is from an orthodox Muslim family. They met and fell in love on Facebook. Despite the odds, M B Pramod, 36, and I Meharunnisa, 30, registered their marriage on Wednesday at his home at Poonjar in Kottayam

[Ai] Over 4 lakh candidates to appear in Lucknow University’s BEd entrance test

Are they concerned about extra discomfort blind candidates facing? is this in accordance with MSJE Office Memo on scribe guidelines? "Those with a disability and blind and female candidates have been allotted the centres of their choice. Blind candidates will have to contact their centre

[Ai] Film-review: Raga: Blind couple’s love in its pristine form

. Raaga by P.C. Shekar, known for his technically superior film-making and unique subjects, is another touching visual narrative of a blind couple’s love in its pristine form. It is a sincere effort at a retro-romance.

[Ai] Advertisement for the post of assistant professors in Delhi College of Arts and Commerce out

Pasting the convertet image file. DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE (ffefr f^gf^TToRT) (University of Delhi) Netaji Nagar, New Delhi -110023 Advt. No/Teaching/DCAC/2017/01 Dated. 13.05.2017 APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Online applications are invited in the prescribed

[Ai] Jennifer Bartlett writes: Disability and the Right to Choose

As a young woman, I had no particular desire to be a mother. I was neither for nor against having and raising a child, and as things were at the time, the opportunity had not presented itself. That changed when I was 29 and met Jim, the man who would become my husband. In 2002, not long after we

[Ai] The Hindu op-ed today: Disability and The high cost of ageing

Evidence shows that health systems must be recast to accommodate the needs of chronic disease prevention http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/the-high-cost-of-ageing/article19122162.ece The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017, is long on banalities and short on specifics. In a somewhat

[Ai] How blind people know that they're attractive? Chelsea writes On Blindness and the Body

I’ve been wanting to write a thing about blindness and the body for years and years, but I couldn’t pin down the core of it. Every time I would try to start, it just sort of wandered away from me and went into territory I wasn’t trying to cover. But I think I’ve finally figured it out, and who

[Ai] May be of interest for disability NGOs: GST plays killjoy as clubs, NGOs face higher taxes on fundraisers

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/gst-plays-killjoy-as-clubs-ngos-face-higher-taxes-on-fundraisers/articleshow/59241813.cms list end MUMBAI: Come July and goods and services tax (GST) will play party-pooper to many fundraisers or charity events organised by non-government

[Ai] Navneet Singh reports in the HT today: Deepa Malik names different coaches for cash awards – time to review policy?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/deepa-malik-names-different-coaches-for-cash-awards-time-to-review-policy/story-TMzk4vF6sCsz3KxTPnbk9H.html -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting,

[Ai] Dialogue in the dark was Founded in Germany in 1988 by Dr Andreas Heinecke

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/21/can-you-cross-a-busy-street-without-looking-welcome-to-dialogue-in-the-dark -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach:

[Ai] Indian Express's gender and media series: not treat visually impaired like bechaari women’

Photo captioning: Sharmishtha Atreja in her office in the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi. (Image credit: Vageshwari Atreja) http://indianexpress.com/article/india/govt-must-provide-alternatives-not-treat-visually-impaired-like-bechaari-women4716539/ “I am a disabled person and not

[Ai] Read on: Sarva-Siksha Abhiyan recent survey from Uttar Pradesh: Schools force thousands of disabled kids to drop out

Very troubling findings however unsurprising. It is a harsh reality majority of us in the sector knew about it. The behavior of the officials in UP is equally horrible towards disabled people. I'm doing an article on disability in Uttar Pradesh and hope the piece would find space in any of the

[Ai] Can we discuss hard truth: why blind and the deaf people are less represented in the government/private sectors in India? what can we do about it?

In the IT sector , blind and the deaf people are grossly less represented and almost all jobs are going to persons with locomotor disabilities. Read this report published on the Hyderabad page in the Hindu. “Visually challenged and hearing impaired people are still trickling into offices." Can we

Re: [Ai] Interview

It was a good read. Thanks for sharing. I liked Your views on academia. I wonder how Mr SK Rungta thought that academia offers the comfort zone for blind people. I respect his view but pity his observations also. Being in the academia and in the last phase of my PhD, I can put it plainly that the

Re: [Ai] Can we discuss hard truth: why blind and the deaf people are less represented in the government/private sectors in India? what can we do about it?

r k sarin via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > Thanks Avinash. > - Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi via Ai" <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > To: "Share, empower " <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > Cc: "avi

[Ai] Nipun Malhotra writes in the HT today: GST on wheelchairs, Braille paper is equivalent to a tax on walking or seeing

On September 8, 2016, President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the landmark Goods and Services Tax bill, a major step towards rolling out the new indirect tax regime. The GST will come into effect from July 1. Just like everyone else, I was excited at the prospect of one indirect tax for the

[Ai] Puja Pednekar reports in the HT today: CBSE pulls up its Mumbai schools without without special educators

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/cbse-pulls-up-its-mumbai-schools-without-without-special-educators/story-D34wyIwemprTz3ERdvP7MJ.html The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has pulled up its schools for not adhering to affiliation rules that make appointment of special educators

[Ai] Fwd: Dr G N Karna SDRS invitation for National Conclave on "Financial Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in India" being organized at Conference Room Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) Vasa

Please find time to attend. And spread the flyer. -- Forwarded message -- From: Society for Disability Rehabilitation Studies Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 23:28:56 +0530 Subject: Dr G N Karna SDRS invitation for National Conclave on "Financial Inclusion of Persons

[Ai] Chandigarh: Reward for helping visually impaired write exams

Yogesh (left), writer of Mohammad Imran, a visually challenged student, at DAV College, Sector 10, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: S Chandan http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/reward-for-helping-visually-impaired-write-exams/408847.html Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 17

[Ai] Arunav Sinha reports in the TOI today: Yogi Adityanath mulls loan waiver for physically challenged

Nothing for the blind? Advocacy teams must talk to the minister for the laptop for all college going blind students at least. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/yogi-adityanath-mulls-loan-waiver-for-physically-challenged/articleshow/59153698.cms LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government

[Ai] Nidhi Sharma reports in the ET Today: 3 years of Modi government: A look at whether big-ticket schemes have brought ‘achhe din’

NEW DELHI: Two years ago, the Narendra Modi government faced the opposition’s barbs of being a “suit-boot ki sarkar” or a government of the well-heeled. As it turns three, the BJP-led NDA government has turned the rhetoric around by putting its stamp on social welfare schemes while reaching out

[Ai] Paper of Interest from Britain: Personal sacrifice and corporate cultures: career progression for disabled staff in higher education:

Abstract Disabled people are under-represented in higher education (HE), especially in senior posts. This article reports research on the perspectives of career progression into leadership held by disabled staff in one post-1992 university. Findings indicated that some participants were already

[Ai] A report in the Asianage today: How disabled people find intimacy with sexual assistants

The report is too short to generate stimulating discussion. Anyway, we can take it further. Sexual assistance is being adopted in several European countries as some governments also pay for it. The assistants offer much more than just sex (Photo: YouTube) The assistants offer much more than just

[Ai] Law of Interest: Government plans to triple amount to be paid to parents, senior citizens

The Centre will move amendments to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, to increase to increase the amount awarded to senior citizens (above the age of 60) and parents (irrespective of their age) of children who are not minors (Representational Image/ File Photo)

[Ai] According to data available with the Department of Public Enterprises, a total of only 1, 181 visually impaired, 678 hearing impaired and 7008 employees with locomotor disability have been employ

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/disabled-autism-hearing-impaired-employed-delhi-eateries-hotels-lifest/1/942054.html -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU ___ Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the

[Ai] Uttar Pradesh: "sarkari karyakram mein 'divyang' hue behosh: mantariji ne kaha: "bhagwan ram ko bhi taklif uthani pathi thi."

Uttar Pradesh: "sarkari karyakram mein 'divyang' hue behosh: mantariji ne kaha: "bhagwan ram ko bhi taklif uthani pathi thi." "kuch paane ke liye kuch khona hi padta hai..." read on

[Ai] From the Tribune Archive 2007: Disabled still languish in the margins

Disabled still languish in the margins by Aditi Tandon http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070508/edit.htm#7 Twelve years after the Persons with Disabilities Act (PWD) was passed, educational institutions in the country are still struggling to fill the three per cent seats reserved for disabled

[Ai] Telegraph Front page: Indian blind foreign officer Beno Zephine in Paris: Sightless but full of vision

Certainly, BenoZafeen has made the whole Indian blind community proud. and the country is truly elated. Moreover, the manner in which KP naire, a seasoned writer with the Telegraph has penned this story is simply remarkable. He always brings out something so new and profound that one feels awe for

[Ai] No ‘pick and choose’ for couples opting for adoption

They can only accept or reject the child offered by the national adoption body. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-pick-and-choose-for-couples-opting-for-adoption/story-x09kL1MUCpbIdmbLEElYeM.html Prospective parents going for adoption will now not be allowed to “pick and choose” and can

Re: [Ai] Nipun Malhotra writes in the HT today: GST on wheelchairs, Braille paper is equivalent to a tax on walking or seeing

bility. > - Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi via Ai" <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > To: "ai" <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in>; "jnuvision" > <jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com> > Cc: "avinash shahi" <sha

[Ai] UPSC third ranker in disability fraud row

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/upsc-third-ranker-in-disability-fraud-row/articleshow/59347369.cms -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach:

Re: [Ai] Interview

for the Sightless Persons and that continued almost for > 158 days. Our movement has got different implications and different impacts. > The issue how to use this situation. > - Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi via Ai" <ai@accessindia.inclu

Re: [Ai] Television show: episode one: 'Sab Dikhta Hai': News Nation's special campaign for visually impaired in India

The News Nation channel will telecast its second episode at 6 PM IST today. On 9/13/17, Akash Gupta via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > nice link avinash. > > On 12/09/2017, avinash shahi via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > wrote: >> h

[Ai] Kodarma Jharkhand: BJP MP: 'divyaango ki sewa hi asli manaavta'

For the first time, Kodarma district gets Rs 12 lakhs to distribute equipments meant for the disabled people. Read more to know the full report published in the Jharkhand edition of jagran on 11 September 2017.

[Ai] Upcoming national conference: Vocational Rehabilitation and Economic Inclusion of persons with disabilities

Two-day National Conference on 24th and 25th October, 2017 (Tuesday and Wednesday) Conference Theme: Vocational Rehabilitation and Economic Inclusion of persons with disabilities in India Conference Organizers The conference is being organized by National Centre of Disability Studies,

[Ai] Book Review: Disabled childhoods: monitoring differences and emerging identities:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2017.1372945 I am delighted to have read Disabled Childhoods: Monitoring Differences and Emerging Identities by McLaughlin, Coleman-Fountain, and Clavering. Not least of all because it makes a significant contribution to the limited amount of

[Ai] Paper of Interest: From isolated fence to inclusive society: the transformational disability policy in China

Abstract China’s disability policies are changing, some of which are gradually closer to the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Based on the social model of disability, this article explains the driving forces of disability policy reform, and especially

[Ai] Disabilities bill: AAP says delay because ‘status of state unclear’

Three days after the BJP attacked AAP for allegedly delaying the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016, the Delhi government said the delay was because Delhi’s “status as a state is still unclear”.

[Ai] Cafe Dissensus Current Issue: Narrating Care: Disability and Interdependence in the Indian Context

(Issue 39 https://cafedissensus.com/2017/09/16/contents-narrating-care-disability-and-interdependence-in-the-indian-context-issue-39/ -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the

[Ai] Blind lady with swachh vision

- Open defecation meant snakebites & tumbles, recalls Lohardaga braveheart Vijay Deo Jha Biglahai Kumari stand near her new toilet at her home in Pandra, Lohardaga, and attends an awareness programme against open defecation at her village community hall organised by the district and Unicef on

Re: [Ai] Disabled students Lathicharged in Lucknow; Yogi Adityanath is complicit, will Illahabad High Court take suoo motive cognigence?

tation, Training and Hostels for the disabled!Thanking youYours > sincerelyA K Dua+919876727460www.ourcivilsociety.comFrom: avinash shahi via > Ai ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.inSent: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 > 11:09:07To: Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.comCc: avinash shahi

[Ai] Siwan Bihar: 'divyangon ki padhai ke liye jamin aur bangalo donate kar diya'

The story from very far-flung village of Siwan Bihar. http://www.jagran.com/news/national-donate-banglow-and-land-for-disabled-16322975.html -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking

Re: [Ai] Representation to RBI for accessible Indian Currency, an update on meeting with RBI

ssindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > avinash shahi via Ai > Sent: 22 September 2017 14:16 > To: Share, empower > Cc: avinash shahi > Subject: Re: [Ai] Representation to RBI for accessible Indian Currency, an > update on meeting with RBI > > I'm interested to k

[Ai] Balod Chatisgarh: 'ek matr blind school ko chalanay mein sarkar ke foolay haanth pair

https://m.patrika.com/news/balod/balod-the-only-divya-school-in-the-district-the-government-s-hands-and-feet-loose-in-the-handling-of-it-1539261/ -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the

Re: [Ai] Representation to RBI for accessible Indian Currency, an update on meeting with RBI

I'm interested to know the outcome of the case filed by the NAB Mumbai in the Bombay HC against the government and the RBI. And what has happened to the committee constituted by the Finance Ministry two years ago to look into the issue of accessible currency. On 9/22/17, George Abraham via Ai

[Ai] The Economist this week: Online matchmaking businesses in India have many ways to woo

“IT WAS 2012…I was number 37,” says Ashwini, referring to the badge that was pinned on her shirt pocket. Her task was to go onto the stage and introduce herself to around 70 eligible bachelors and their parents. Families then conferred and, provided caste and religious background proved no

[Ai] Disabled students Lathicharged in Lucknow; Yogi Adityanath is complicit, will Illahabad High Court take suoo motive cognigence?

I’m perturbed to know that blind girls and boys studying at Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University were demanding their rights for safe and conducive ambiance in the campus and their demonstration was delth with heavy lathi-charged on 31 August. No prominent media houses went to air

Re: [Ai] Television show: episode one: 'Sab Dikhta Hai': News Nation's special campaign for visually impaired in India

Watch episode II. http://www.newsnation.in/videos/india/watch-news-nation-special-programme-sab-dikhta-hai-on-rights-of-differently-abled-people-8/33383 On 9/13/17, Akash Gupta via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > nice link avinash. > > On 12/09/2017, avinash s

[Ai] Rajyavardhan Rathore: TOP athletes to get monthly stipend of Rs 50, 000

19 para players are also in the list. I'm unsure if any blind is also included. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/top-athletes-to-get-monthly-stipend-of-rs-5/articleshow/60532146.cms NEW DELHI: The ministry of sports and youth affairs has decided to pay a monthly

Re: [Ai] Disabled students Lathicharged in Lucknow; Yogi Adityanath is complicit, will Illahabad High Court take suoo motive cognigence?

gt; Where are the women activists who talk a lot about women safety and their > welfare? > > Thanks, > > Amit Bhatt > ----- Original Message - > From: "avinash shahi via Ai" <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > To: "ai" <

[Ai] Paper of Interest: Personal assistance from family members as an unwanted situation, an optimal solution or an additional good? The Swedish example

Full paper: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2017.1375900 Abstract In many countries, such as Canada, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom, the right to personal assistance for disabled people has been developed and incorporated into legislation (Autio

[Ai] Renate van der Zee reports from Vienna Austria: The bank that wants to employ more disabled workers: 'It's a win-win situation'

Hope to hear more from Mr Galani who's austria-based about the bank. In Austria, companies with more than 24 employees have to ensure 4% of their personnel are people with a disability. But one bank there is going much further In Austria, the law requires companies with more than 24 employees to

[Ai] United Kingdom: Rebecca Ratcliffe reports: 'I don’t think employers see what disabled people can do'

In the UK, only 46.5% of working-age disabled people are employed – with the figure for adults with learning difficulties just 6%. In the first of a two-part series, jobseekers with disabilities describe the hassles and heartache of finding work For the past three years, Neal Patel has worked

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